Archive For

May 2025

Artificial Intelligence – DeepSeek Who?

The industry has a very short memory. The fact that no one has noticed that DeepSeek has updated its model is a clear sign that...

Nvidia FQ1 26 – China? What China?

Game still on. Another great set of results confirms that the AI boom is still on and that any weakness from Chinese restrictions can easily...

Qualcomm vs. Apple – Another Fight Coming

Apple is itching to restart the fight but there is a limited window. While it is clear that Qualcomm’s modems are still far better than...

China EV – The shakeout

There will be fewer Chinese car makers. Recent price cuts from BYD are accelerating a price war against a backdrop of weak domestic demand, meaning...

MediaTek & Nvidia – Rumblings from Computex

Rumour is much worse than reality. Aside from Nvidia opening up the data centre CPU market, MediaTek was expected to enter the PC CPU market,...

OpenAI – A Consultant’s Dream

The most expensive consultant in history. OpenAI will acquire Jony Ive’s hardware start-up at an eye-watering valuation, but it has filed to acquire the man...

Google I/O – Fightback Begins

Google moves to defend its turf. Although Google is yet to see any impact from OpenAI, Perplexity etc on its Search business, it is moving...

Computex Day 2 & Microsoft Build – Tale of 2 Conferences

Computex Day 2 – Wider and deeper. While Nvidia dominated day 1 with data centre, it was left to the rest of the industry to...

Computex Day 1 – Nvidia Opens.

Nvidia is not standing still. Nvidia Founder Jensen Huang opened Computex 2025 with a confident session that launched new products aimed at the enterprise, but...

Alibaba FQ4 25 – AI no-show.

Economic gloom shatters AI dreams. Alibaba reported a mediocre set of results, underlining that the task at hand for the Chinese state is to breathe...